Quick and easy baked apples

By scottnjennie

Ingredients

• 3 granny smith apples, cored
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened, plus a little more to grease pan
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• a pinch of nutmeg
• one cup apple juice

Preparation

Step 1

Warm oven to 375. Wash apples and core, set aside. Mix all ingredients (except apples) in a small bowl. Grease small glass or ceramic pan. Stuff apples with mixture and set upright in pan. Pour in apple juice. Cook for just over thirty minutes, frequently basting apples with juice. Poke them with a fork to know when they are ready. Be careful not to let them get too mushy! For a special treat, serve with vanilla ice cream.